Tiana Pequette
Senior Attorney
Tiana focuses her practice on labor and employment issues, including litigation involving employment discrimination, retaliation, harassment, FMLA issues, and non-compete disputes. She advises clients on numerous employment issues and policies and provides anti-harassment training to employees. Tiana uses her background in math to advise clients in areas involving data analysis, specifically regarding OFCCP compliance, wage and hour issues, and adverse impact analyses in connection with reductions in force.
Key Matters
- Obtained unanimous reversal on all counts following oral argument in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in favor of client in a case alleging racial and gender discrimination and retaliation
- Obtained summary judgment for manufacturer in an age discrimination case
- Obtained summary judgment for medical practice in an FMLA retaliation case
- Obtained summary judgment for airline in a racial discrimination case, which was affirmed by the Seventh Circuit
- Obtained summary judgment for electronics company in a race, national origin, and disability discrimination case
- Obtained summary judgment for airline in a workers’ compensation retaliation case
- Obtained summary judgment for airline in a national origin discrimination case
- Obtained summary judgment for medical device company in a gender discrimination and retaliation case
- Obtained summary judgment for consulting firm in an age, race, and national origin discrimination and retaliation case, which was affirmed by the Second Circuit
- Obtained summary judgment for consulting firm in race discrimination and retaliation case, which was affirmed by the Seventh Circuit
- Obtained summary judgment for safety science company in a breach of employment contract case
- Obtained dismissal at the pleading stage in numerous cases involving all types of alleged discrimination
- Successfully obtained restraining order for pharmaceutical company involving non-compete and trade secrets
- Successfully defended against motions for restraining orders in multiple cases for paper company
- Successfully defended medical device company in multiple audits by the OFCCP